The Hoya: January 31, 2017

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

SURGING HOYAS

The women’s basketball team defeated rival Villanova in a 54-49 thriller on Saturday.

EDITORIAL The new student-athlete drug policy fails to address deeper issues.

ALUMS IN THE ADMINISTRATION President Trump has tapped several Hoyas to top government positions.

OPINION, A2

NEWS, A7

SPORTS, A10

GUSA Senate Passes Voting Reform Bill Tara Subramaniam Hoya Staff Writer

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed two resolutions Sunday pertaining to last semester’s referendum that sought to abolish the GUSA senate and replace it with an elected assembly primarily responsible for allocating club funding.

The first resolution, drafted by GUSA senator Jasmine Ouseph (SFS ’19) and GUSA senate speaker Richie Mullaney (COL ’18), clarified that GUSA bylaws concerning elections apply to referendum campaigns and established impartial voting stations run by the GUSA Election Commission.

“It’s time to move beyond this issue and accept the Constitutional Council’s rule.”

ISAAC LIU (COL ’20) Senator, GUSA

The second resolution allows GUSA senator Scott Lowder (COL ’17) and Owen Hayes (SFS ’18), GUSA’s finance and appropriations committee chairman, to continue their appeal process, which began with the Constitutional Council on Friday night, for more details on the invalidation of the decision.

Focusing on the results of December’s senate restructuring and club funding reform referendum, the first resolution addresses the aftermath of voting results that were initially withheld by the Constitutional Council following six members of the Vote No campaign filing complaints of electioneering on the evening of Dec. 1.

Six members of the Vote No campaign filed a complaint on the evening of Dec. 1 alleging GUSA violated its own bylaws by attempting to influence students to vote in favor of the referendum and by not properly presenting the amendment to the student body with enough time.

Passing unanimously with all 20 senators voting for the resolution to change the bylaws, the resolution addressed complaints that alleged GUSA’s violation of its own bylaws by attempting to sway students toward the referendum as well as by preventing students from having ample time with the proposed amendment’s points.

The restructuring referendum results were later determined invalid Jan. 20 on the grounds that GUSA violated its own constitution by not properly presenting the amendment to the student body at least two weeks prior to the referendum. The Constitutional Council found GUSA not guilty on all counts involving electioneering and improper campaigning.

The complaints originated with GUSA Senators See GUSA, A6

Immigration Ban Sparks Community Ire Jeff Cirillo

Hoya Staff Writer

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Demonstrators rallied against President Donald Trump’s executive order outside the White House on Sunday.

University officials are working to assess how the Georgetown community would be impacted by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday, which temporarily bans citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States.

A report compiled by the university registrar’s office provided to The Hoya identified 23 undergraduate students currently at Georgetown on student visas who are citizens of the seven countries named in the order: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Libya.

According to a summary of the order compiled by university staff, these students will not be able to re-enter the United States if they leave during the 90-day ban. University President John DeGioia expressed his concern about the ban in a campuswide email Jan. 29.

“The implications of this order are significant and concerning,” DeGioia said.

“We are an institution that values the contributions of our international students, staff and faculty, and we are deeply committed to interreligious dialogue and providing a context in which members of all faith backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to practice their faith.”

Media Relations Manager Ryan King said none of the students are currently overseas and the university is not aware of any students abroad who may be unable to return. He added that the university may not yet fully understand the implications of the order.

“We are continuing to examine the effect of the Executive Order on the

Georgetown community,” King wrote in an email to The Hoya.

In addition to the seven-nation entry ban, the executive order also bans admission of refugees from all countries for 120 days and the migration of Syrian refugees indefinitely. The order applies to about 800 refugees who had already cleared a multi-step vetting process that can take as long as two years, according to a report by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees.

“There is the challenge to the very values upon which the SFS was created and for which we have championed for nearly a decade.”

JOEL HELLMAN Dean, School of Foreign Service

The order has received condemnation from Georgetown administrators, faculty and student groups. In an email on Sunday to the School of Foreign Service faculty obtained by The Hoya, SFS Dean Joel Hellman wrote that the order challenges the values of the SFS. “There is the risk to our community members who will be directly impacted by the ban,” Hellman wrote. “More broadly, there is the challenge to the very values upon which the SFS was created and for which we have championed for nearly a century.”

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GU Politics Fellows Analyze Changing Political Landscape Matthew Trunko Hoya Staff Writer

In his first week as President of the United States, Donald Trump has changed how the White House communicates to the American people through his ceaseless tweeting and direct rebuking of media outlets.

In light of this new political landscape, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Institute of Politics and Public Service’s spring class of fellows, which includes political journalists, advisers and leaders, hope to develop a better understanding of what Trump’s presidency means for American democracy moving forward.

The fourth class of fellows includes Marolon Marshall, former director of state campaigns and political engagement for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, President of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist, Senior Washington Correspondent and co-author of Politico Playbook Anna Palmer, Jen Psaki, who served as director of communications

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GU POLITICS

GU Politics’ spring fellows include journalist Anna Palmer, former White House Communications Director Jen Psaki, political strategist Tony Sayegh, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and former Hillary Clinton presidential campaign strategist Marlon Marshall. and senior advisor to former President Barack Obama and a media consultant for the 2016 Trump campaign, Tony Sayegh.

In an interview with The Hoya on Friday, the incoming class of GU Politics fellows shared their thoughts on the recent campaign, the implications of Trump’s communication methods and how they plan to use their discus-

sion sessions with students to learn about the perspectives of the younger generations.

Why did you each decide to join this fellowship?

Marshall: Honestly, to get a chance to learn from the students. We are in an interesting time right now in our politics in this country and to learn — obviously, we have had our own political experiences that

we want to share — but to really learn from how students are experiencing it and also how to communicate now in this new world. Hearing from students at an institution like Georgetown is going to be really helpful for everyone as we plan moving forward.

Sayegh: There is a lot we can learn from this process. We are practitioners, we clearly

talk to a lot of colleagues and friends, but there are so many open questions that to get the input of the next generation of people doing what we are doing in the world of politics and public policy and public service would be terrific. For my part, as well, I was always the beneficiary of great mentoring.

jaded and to only listen to the same voices in our political system, and I was drawn to this because it provided an opportunity to hear from fresh and new voices in the student body. I’ve already learned a lot from just the last 24 hours.

Psaki: It is easy to become

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Palmer: It gives me time to

NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

Marching for Life Thousands of demonstrators attended the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

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A Family Fractured President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel favors hysteria over humanity.

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Hoyas Seek Third Straight Fresh off two back-to-back wins against ranked opponents, the men’s basketball team travels to DePaul.

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NEWS Nike Negotiations Continue

opinion Women Who Worship

SPORTS GU Sweeps Drexel

Georgetown recruited a mediator to participate in negotiations between the university and Nike.

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Georgetown’s interfaith culture is conducive for balancing motherhood with ministry.

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Published Tuesdays and Fridays

The men’s and women’s tennis teams both earned decisive victories over Drexel on Friday.

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OPINION

THE HOYA

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

THE VERDICT

On Jan. 27, the Georgetown University Police Department issued a Public Safety Alert following the kidnapping of a Georgetown student on the 3400 block of O Street NW the previous day.

By the time the department emailed the Georgetown community about the incident, almost a full day had elapsed since the suspect forced the victim into a silver SUV, coerced the victim into withdrawing money from ATMs and unsuccessfully attempted to make large purchases at retail locations in both Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

GUPD should not be blamed entirely for the lag between the events of the kidnapping and the university’s announcement; the department had only received notification of the incident two hours before they sent the campuswide alert. However, this delay raises larger questions about how effectively the university can relay information about safety concerns — both on and off campus — impacting the campus community.

Furthermore, a week ago, the District was reeling in the wake of the presidential Inauguration and the accompanying protests, with over 230 arrested for felony rioting. The chaotic scenes around the city included protesters breaking windows on cars and storefronts and torching a stretch limo on K Street, as police officers in riot gear deployed pepper spray and other disorienting crowd-control devices.

Although the university issued an email with safety recommendations signed by Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, Chief of Police Jay Gruber and Assistant Vice President for Emergency Management Tonya Coultas a week before the inauguration, stu-

dents were not updated on the increasingly volatile situation the day of the event.

Even as media outlets reported on the hazards around the city, GUPD did not provide developing information about potentially dangerous areas or caution students about the possibility for violent confrontation. Given the scores of students who participated as spectators and protesters in the inauguration, these updates would have been crucial in assuring the safety of many members of the Georgetown community.

Under current university policy, GUPD makes broadcast notifications when crimes posing a threat to the campus community are reported to GUPD or the Metropolitan Police Department, as mandated by the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.

The law stipulates that when specific incidents of crime are reported to campus security or local law enforcement, information must be immediately circulated to the college community.

In fairness, the university can only relay information that has been reported to the GUPD and MPD. But given the involvement by members of the Georgetown community in events including the inauguration ceremony, the Women’s March on Washington the following day and the March for Life last Friday, the Department of Public Safety should monitor these situations and issue updates about potential dangers when this information becomes publically available.

Because so much of university life extends beyond Georgetown’s front gates, GUPD ought to streamline communications to ensure students are notified about evolving situations heavily trafficked by university students.

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G.M.No — Harry Klee, a University of Florida professor, is trying to restore the natural flavor to supermarket tomatoes, which have become genetically bland due to years of genetic modifications.

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Safety On and Off Campus

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Run, Forrest, Run — A new study finds that contrary to popular belief, running may actually be good for runners’ knees.

Counting Calories — The French government barred restaurants from offering free refills of soda in an effort to combat obesity in its country.

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EDITORIALS

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Founded January 14, 1920

Barred from Entry — Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi will not seek exemption from the U.S. travel ban to attend the Academy Awards Feb. 26, in which his film “The Salesman” is nominated.

Call Me, Tweet Me — A recent Nielsen report shows that adults in Generation X, aged 35 to 49, are more addicted to social media than millennials aged 18 to 34.

Pig Me Up — Biologists have successfully grown a human organ from cells taken from a patient’s skin inside an pig surrogate, opening the door for more human organ replacement research.

EDITORIAL CARTOON by Elinor Walker

Resources, Not Repercussions When the Department of Athletics’ new Drug Screening and Education Program takes effect tomorrow, student athletes at Georgetown will no longer be only subject to NCAA’s mandatory screening for performance-enhancing drugs.

In addition, they will find themselves liable for recreational substances, including alcohol and marijuana, through randomized tests that can be administered anytime and anywhere around the world while they are student-athletes.

Departmental consequences for positive drug tests range from suspension for 10 percent of the competitive season for a first-time violation to permanent removal from the program and revocation of grant-in-aid after repeated offenses. But while well-intentioned, these sanctions do not necessarily accomplish the stated goals of the program: to provide a safe and healthy atmosphere for student-athletes to compete.

The introduction of the policy is not radical in itself; in fact, it conforms to the 90 percent of Division I schools that have their own drug testing programs on top of the NCAA regimen, though these often vary in regularity and rigor.

But Georgetown’s program is transformative in the sense that it supposedly champions the “Jesuit philosophy of caring for and nurturing the mind, body and spirit” of student athletes.

Granted, the program should be commended for its emphasis on education and treatment of substance abuse. Among the new measures, first-year student athletes are required to complete a seminar informing them of the risks associated with drugs and dietary supplements.

The program also provides annual training to review the Athletic Department’s Drug Screening and Education Policy, along with counseling and treatment provisions to help student athletes with potential substance abuse problems.

In particular, the Safe Harbor Program allows student-athletes to submit themselves to a member of the Sports Medicine Staff for evaluation, testing and counseling for an unspecified “reasonable” period of time without receiving the consequences of a positive test. Such a program is crucial in providing student-athletes with support early on, before they succumb to the scourge of serious substance abuse.

However, the restrictions on the Safe Harbor Program are troubling, as student athletes are not eligible if they are within 30 days of their NCAA or conference postseason championships, or have previously tested pos-

itive at any time.

This measure can be extremely limiting for athletes who are on teams — including football, men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s field hockey — that spend more than a third of the season during this period of ineligibility.

Moreover, these students are barred from seeking help in a period which can be particularly stressful, as athletes face added time constraints and pressures to perform ahead of these championships.

But the most confounding provision bars athletes who have previously tested positive from entering the Safe Harbor Program. These athletes constitute the population most vulnerable to substance abuse. Moreover, student-athletes cannot be re-submitted into Safe Harbor after exiting the program, and any subsequent positive after-treatment counts as a second strike within the policy.

This measure completely runs against the grain of the stated goals of the Drug Screening and Education Policy, which focus on education and treatment. If the Department of Athletics truly wants to promote a safe and healthy atmosphere for its student-athletes, it should extend this rehabilitation option for students most susceptible to substance abuse, rather than manufacture a climate of marginalization and isolation for students who most need treatment.

This is putting aside the fact that student-athletes can still face sanctions if they legally ingest a substance, such as marijuana, over summer or winter break, or consume alcohol while underage at a family wedding or celebration off campus. Despite the overt emphasis on education and treatment, many aspects of the drug testing policy alienates at-risk students more than deters substance abuse.

While the policy presents positive elements in its drug education measures and represents an increasing norm among NCAA athletic programs, the structural flaws in its counseling system warrant closer examination. The Safe Harbor Program in particular is well-intentioned.

However, without permitting students who arguably need access to the program the most — especially those who have previously tested positive or exited Safe Harbor without fully resolving their drug dependency — the overall policy completely eliminates key avenues for counselling and assistance that are crucial to the university’s goal of promoting mental and physical health.

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ut this time, the world is not silent. This time, we do respond.

This time, we intervene. Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human? Have we really learned from our experiences? Are we less insensitive to the plight of victims of ethnic cleansing and other forms of injustices in places near and far?”

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CORRECTIONS The article “Corp and GUASFCU To Welcome New Leadership” [The Hoya, Jan. 27, A8] previously stated Melina Hsiao (COL ’18) as the new Corp CEO; Melina Hsiao (COL ’18) is the incoming CEO. The article “GSP Raises Endowment” [The Hoya, Jan. 27, A5] previously stated the Georgetown Scholarship Program necessity fund is a $200,000 fund. This amount is inaccurate and is closer to $300,000. The article also previously stated the value of the 1789 scholarship is $2,000-$3,000; it is $3,000 annually. This articles also previously stated GSP has 187 first-year students. GSP has 178 first-year students including transfers.

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OPINION

tuesday, January 31, 2017

MILLENNIAL’S CORNER

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VIEWPOINT • KAMYAB

Martha Petrocheilos

Prioritize the Transition of Power

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or the past few weeks, I have been fortunate enough to attend the highly publicized confirmation hearings as an extern for Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

Essentially, these confirmation hearings mean cameras, heavy speechwriting and the ever-gloomy realization that although President Donald Trump has held office since Jan. 20, the American people are without a government led by a full administration.

To date, only two Cabinet members — Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, along with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo — have been confirmed.

These hearings are behind schedule partly due to Trump’s deviation from the standard practices of preclearing cabinet picks for potential ethical conflicts and security issues before publicly announcing their nomination. Instead, the relatively small Office of Government Ethics is currently overwhelmed investigating Trump’s nominees, many of whom are wealthy businesspeople with complex financial dealings.

This fact, coupled with the Democrats’ effort to recover from a scarring election, has resulted in a particularly slow transition.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has dismissed protests about Trump’s nominees as “little procedural complaints” stemming from the Democrats’ frustration at losing the election.

In a spree of political upheaval, Republicans have accused Democrats of slowing down the democratic process and dishonoring the long-standing political tradition of confirming the president’s Cabinet picks in a reasonable and timely manner. Previously, the Democrat-led Senate under former President Barack Obama confirmed seven of his nominees immediately

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upon his inauguration.

The most notable example of this delay is Trump’s nomination for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), whose confirmation has taken double the 55 days it took to confirm as Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell.

Of course, Trump’s cabinet picks have not come without controversy. There are concerns over Price’s investments in health care companies, though he insists his investment portfolio was operated by an independent broker.

The pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, formerly the CEO of ExxonMobil, has also provoked concerns over his ties with Vladimir Putin under Exxon’s investments in Russia, while Trump’s pick for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is a wealthy political donor with no prior experience as an educator.

Assuming universal Republican support, Democrats are logistically incapable of blocking Trump’s nominees on the Senate floor, as the GOP currently holds a simple majority with 52 Senate seats.

But Democrats can seriously delay them by slow-walking the actual confirmation votes, ultimately throwing the nation into disarray.

Holding Cabinet picks to a high standard and ensuring thorough scrutiny of their proposed policies before they become Trump’s closest advisors is not only praiseworthy, but democratically necessary.

Democrats and Republicans alike need to complete the work that their constituents elected them to do by thoroughly questioning Trump’s nominees. But this responsibility goes beyond partisan ideals: It is about ensuring a smooth and responsible transition of power, not hindering it.

Martha Petrocheilos is a student at the Law Center.

MILLENNIAL’S CORNER appears every other Tuesday.

Trump’s action has affected millions around the world – decent people escaping trauma and hardship, trying to reunite with their families, looking for better lives or just trying to get home.

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Torn Between Two Countries

n Jan. 21, my beloved aunt passed away after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. It was the worst day of my life because it was my first experience with the death of a relative and because, for the first time, I saw my father broken, something I hoped to never see again.

But I did, less than a week later. On Jan. 28, news of President Donald Trump’s executive order, concerning bans on citizens with visas and green cards from seven Muslim-majority countries, came through.

I spent the majority of my two-week winter break back home in the United Kingdom visiting my aunt in the hospital, watching her grow progressively weaker by the day. The day before I returned to the United States, I gave her what I knew, deep down, would be goodbye. She was too weak. I knew she did not have long left.

The moment my family found out about her passing, my family was met by a deluge of sadness. I spent my Sunday comforting my distraught father, containing my emotions as I held his head to my chest, told him to calm down and reassured him that she was in a better place. She

was incredibly close to him, more of a mother than a sister, in truth.

The funeral was to be held this Wednesday on Feb. 1. Seeing as both my sister and I have school, we made the difficult decision to not go, as we could not run the risk of falling behind with work. My father, on the other hand, had booked a flight for the United Kingdom for 6:40 p.m.; news of Trump’s executive order arrived at 2:30 p.m.

We were not initially worried, as along with having U.S. visas, both my sister and I have full British citizenship, and my parents are both dualnationals born in Iran and raised in England as children, thus, they have citizenship in both countries.

After some research, we found out that the executive order also applied to dual-nationals who have citizenship in any one of the seven countries Trump targeted. Thus, my father was faced with an unfair, gut-wrenching choice: Would he travel to England to attend his sister’s funeral, almost certainly guaranteeing that he would not be able to come back for at least three months, or would he stay with his family and have to miss the funeral?

Distraught and unable to leave our family for such a long period of time, he decided to stay.

I did not think I could experience a worse and more psychologically damaging day than Jan. 21. But, on Jan. 28, I did.

I spent the day weeping for my father, trying to calm him while wallowing at the prospect that a brother was denied the prospect of seeing his sister one last time, all as a result of Trump’s signature.

Trump’s action has affected millions around the world — decent people escaping trauma and hardship, trying to reunite with their families, looking for better lives or just trying to get home.

Never in my life have I experienced such a breach in humanity. To discriminate on such a vast level, and to have such a detrimental impact on the lives of so many, is something that I can only describe as inconceivable.

I’m not particularly religious, but on the evening of Jan. 29, something that I can only describe as a miracle happened. I was scrolling through BBC news and came across a piece of breaking news: The British foreign office had announced that the

ban would not apply to British dual-national citizens.

Individuals born in one of the seven countries, but with British citizenship, would not be stopped from entering the United States.

Despite this development, I continue to grieve. Tomorrow I will grieve. I will grieve for many days to come. I will grieve for my aunt’s passing, which will always stay with me. I will grieve for what my father experienced those two horrific days, something that has undoubtedly left an indelible mark in my heart.

But most of all, I will grieve for the millions of others affected by this measure, and for those who, around the world, are speaking out against recent events. I, ultimately, was lucky. Others, however, probably will not be.

As a community of Georgetown students, let us put the political dynamic to one side and focus on a much more important quality: our human nature. We are all citizens of the world, and it is our human duty to show solidarity with all, for the sake of today and for a better tomorrow.

Kamyab is a freshman in the College.

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VIEWPOINT • LANE

AS THIS JESUIT SEES IT

Womanhood in Faith

Embracing Our Jesuit Heritage

Hindu priest, and Catholic priest and an imam walk into the office of a Protestant female reverend.

This is not the beginning of a bad joke, but rather another Tuesday morning in my office in Healy 110. To be honest, there was a time when, in that lineup, I would have felt like the punch line. As a young female minister, I have had my fair share of incredulity and opposition.

Sometimes it is stated blatantly — as when people tell me, “I believe women should not teach from the pulpit” — but other times it comes in the form of a question of my age, appearance or tone of my voice, resistance to my pastoral authority or even a refusal to use my title. There are myriad ways clergywomen experience challenges, but rather than face antagonism here at Georgetown University, I have had the opportunity to flourish.

Since coming to Georgetown a year ago, I have received many questions from colleagues and friends about my decision to work at a Catholic institution as an ordained woman. Many of my female peers from seminary, upon deciding to start families, have had to stop working for a number of years or decided to step away from ministry altogether.

This is primarily due to the high cost of child care coupled with the wage disparity still present in mainline denominations, and the fact that ordained ministry — which almost always connotes a church setting or extensive congregational care — tends to take an extreme toll on the

time and energy of its female pastors, making family dynamics very difficult.

Nevertheless, I came to the university to participate in the Chaplain-in-Residence program and recently took an additional role with the Office of Ministry working as a Protestant chaplain because I sensed Georgetown might be different.

My hope that I would be able to embrace my roles as woman, mother and minister have been realized.

My decision to come here was strongly motivated by a discernment process where I identified that being able to balance my call as a minister and my role as a mother would be important to my personal growth and the growth of my family, and that an academic setting with deep religious conviction would provide more flexibility for exploring my calling than a church or nonprofit.

My 2-year-old Eli joins me for the Office of Ministry’s Chaplains Tea each week, where he likes to follow in my footsteps by inviting students to “talk about our days” or loudly announcing “I need to work, I need to send an email.”

This past semester I participated in the Women in Faith retreat nine months pregnant, where I presented faith and friendship stories alongside other female leaders from the university. Most recently, this balance has played out dur-

ing my morning office hours, where I am accompanied each day by my 2-month-old daughter Eden so that I can continue her breastfeeding.

Thanks to an incredible cast of colleagues and the university’s commitment to their Jesuit values and heritage, especially cura personalis, I have been able to embrace my work in ministry while also having an active role in the lives of my two young children. My hope that I would be able to embrace my roles as woman, mother and minister have been realized in a variety of ways.

All too often, women are deterred from pursuing a role in ministry because of stigma and that they approach faith in many different forms. For some of my sisters, it means work as laywomen, both in and outside of the church. For others, it means pursuing the responsibilities of ordination, and for many more, it simply means wrestling with questions of who God is as they go about daily life.

Here at Georgetown, on any given day I might have a conversation about karma, the prophet Elijah and Immanuel Kant, which is of the stuff that made up my seminary dreams. All joking aside, the opportunity to work alongside the women and men here at Georgetown — to learn from their unique voices, to experience their various callings from layworker to priest to administrator — is an exercise of faith for which I am profoundly grateful.

is the Protestant chaplain at Georgetown University.

Rev. olivia Lane

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omewhow, it seems appropriate that we celebrate Jesuit Heritage Week during these post-inauguration and post-march days, as our nation embarks on a transition of administrations that has thus far been unlike any other in its history.

In the face of so much change, volatility and uncertainty, our Jesuit heritage and mission gives us a deeply grounded foundation for living in this emerging reality and supporting one another, and it inspires us to commit ever more to the shared service of the common good.

Since we live it every day, we may not appreciate just how radical and countercultural Jesuit education is. At its root, however, it stands in sharp distinction from many of the trends of our present day — especially those that have been so present in the last few weeks.

First and foremost, the Jesuit worldview privileges listening.

Indeed, the whole Jesuit approach is optimistic, premised on the basic idea that amazing things are occurring in the world, at each moment and in each person; our task is to look for them, listen for them, search for them.

In religious terms, we say that God is present in all things, lingering just below the surface and this means that we will be rewarded and inspired if we make the effort to quiet ourselves enough to listen — and listen deeply — to one another.

The sacred is discovered not in shouting, or in rapid-fire internet postings, or in a basic posture of fear, but instead in patient, respectful and even hopeful attention to the cares and concerns of those around us.

Last semester, I saw this kind of listening lived out here at Georgetown, in perhaps the most powerful experience I have ever had as an educator.

On the first day back after the November elections, in a hushquiet auditorium in Reiss Science Building, my students and I genuinely listened to one another.

Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. We took the time to slow down, to disconnect from our devices and to write down our thoughts and feelings. When we listened to each other’s questions and concerns, we heard a massively wide set of experiences. As one student captured powerfully, “I realize there are a whole set of experiences that I have not heard among my fellow students and citizens; I need to pay better attention.”

Our Jesuit traditions push us to pay attention, even — and especially — when this is challenging.

But Jesuit education is more than feelings. It also encourages a deep engagement and study of the concrete realities of our world; it is empirically grounded and based on facts.

From the very first days, Jesuits were fascinated with science and empirical enquiry. They mapped the craters of the moon and studied the paths of the stars. They had no patience for lazy thinking or false asser-

tions. They became known for their ability to dismantle faulty arguments.

They loved grappling with complex issues in complex terms, appreciating the need for nuance, caution and precision in their use of language.

Today, we live that legacy when we move beyond strident assertions or sound bites, and instead seek — in every context, from our classes to our casual conversations — to understand the world in all its complexity.

Finally, Jesuit education vibrates with a restless orientation toward action. Jesuits were among the first religious orders to live and work outside of monasteries, choosing to enter daily into the messy fray of political and religious controversies.

Looking at the needs of their time, they felt impelled to be activists, and they were willing to be on the front lines and to get their hands dirty. Sometimes they did this in quiet ways, in direct service and accompaniment, and at other times they were so outspoken and public that they drew the ire of those in power.

Jesuit education could not be more important today. With profound, respectful listening, and a willingness to grapple with the hard and verifiable facts, with a deep moral commitment to human dignity and inclusion, and an edgy, undeniable impulse toward action, we stand ready, poised to call ourselves — and our nation — to live up to our ideals and promise.

Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J., is an associate professor of government in the School of Foreign Service. AS THIS JESUIt SEES IT is a rotating column that appears every other Tuesday.

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The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department released a surveillance video and photograph Sunday of a suspect wanted in connection to the kidnapping of a Georgetown student that occurred Thursday on the 3400 block of O Street, NW. On Jan. 26, at approximately 3:20 p.m., the suspect forced the victim, an unidentified student, into a light gray- or silver-colored sport utility vehicle and drove away.

The suspect forced the victim to attempt to withdraw money from an ATM and make large purchases at retail locations in the District and Maryland. The victim was released unharmed.

MPD describes the suspect as a white male in his late 30s to 40s, 5’9” to 6’0”

tall, of medium build, dark colored hair and with a mustache and beard. He was wearing a black suit, black shirt, gray necktie and black shoes.

GUPD informed the university community of the kidnapping in an email Jan. 27 at about 1:30 p.m., saying they would coordinate with MPD to increase surveillance in the West Georgetown neighborhood. MPD is also offering a $1,000 reward to any individual who provides information that leads to the arrest of the suspect.

Sydney te Wildt (COL ’20) said she was stunned by the news of a student being kidnapped.

“Living in such an affluent neighborhood provides us with such a false sense of security,” te Wildt said. “Though Georgetown is incredibly safe, there are still dangerous people out there, even during the

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MPD released video and a photo of the at-large suspect involved in the kidnapping of a Georgetown student.

The 44th annual march drew thousands of anti-abortion activists to gather on the National Mall and march to the Supreme Court on Friday.

Vice President Mike Pence was the first vice president ever to address activists at the annual March for Life.

The march also marked the first in eight years to be held under an anti-abortion president. Just five days earlier, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to bar foreign non-governmental organizations that perform or promote abortions from receiving federal funding.

Pence spoke at noon before the march, vowing to end federally funded abortion nationwide. He also promised that Trump will soon announce a Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia (CAS ’57) last February.

In addition to Pence, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway also addressed the crowd.

Conway, who has recently drawn criticism for her support of the new administration’s use of “alternative facts,” spoke about her hope for the anti-abortion movement during the Trump administration.

“This is a new day, a new dawn for life,” Conway said.

“This dismissive notion of out of sight, out of mind is over.

Science and medicine have joined religion and morality in causing many Americans to rethink just how fragile and how triumphant human life truly is.”

Those who gathered at the march came from various backgrounds, from religious clerics to students attending on school trips.

Some who had marched in year’s past, like Fr. Gabriel Zeis, a Catholic chaplain from Princeton University, said this year’s march felt noticeably different.

“There is a greater energy this year. People are motivated to think that we possibly have a stronger voice today than we ever had before in the Capitol,” Zeis said.

Many at the March for Life, including Zeis, largely agreed that Planned Parenthood should be defunded, halting all federal funding

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Thousands of anti-abortion activists attended the 44th annual March for Life on Friday, the first in eight years to be held under an anti-abortion president. to the nonprofit that focuses on providing reproductive health services and resources such as contraceptives, family planning services and abortions.

“Planned Parenthood is a flawed system. No one has ever taken a close look at it.

The national conversation has to be around developing a good program that’s going to care for women but not allow for abortions,” Zeis said.

A week earlier, at the Women’s March on Washington, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards spoke about her resolve to keep the organization functional and providing services.

“Today we are here to deliver a message. We will not take this lying down,” Richards said. “You need to call your Senator and say we cannot go back. Together we are a movement and we are unstoppable.”

Georgetown’s pro-abortion rights group, H*yas for Choice, protested at the march, releasing a statement that Trump’s recent policies affect large groups of people.

“We viewed this as an opportunity to register our dissent with the anti-choice values the march promotes, and to show our continued support for abortion access nationwide,” the statement reads. “These policies will

endanger the lives and wellbeing of millions of people in jeopardy, particularly people of color, people with disabilities, low-income people and people living in rural communities.”

H*yas for Choice also addressed its goals for the club and university, prioritizing HIV and sexually transmitted infections screening, access to free menstrual hygiene products, increased access to contraception and better quality care at the Student Health Center.

The group also called for Georgetown University to maintain the minimum standards for contraceptive coverage as mandated by the Affordable Care Act, which dictates that contraceptive methods and counselling for all women be provided by plans in the health insurance market.

“Despite this volatile national climate, we will continue to move Georgetown in a progressive direction,” the statement reads.

Georgetown University Right to Life, an anti-abortion rights group, sent about 40 members to participate in the march.

GU Right to Life President Amelia Irvine (COL ’19) said her hope is that the Trump administration’s changes are accompanied by legislation and the appointment of an

anti-abortion justice to the Supreme Court.

“One day, I hope that the preborn will enjoy the same rights as every American, and that will only happen when Roe v. Wade is recognized by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional and overturned,” Irvine wrote in an email to THE HOYA. Mike Baker, a northern Illinois resident who travelled to the District for the march, mentioned he was particularly hopeful that Trump’s Supreme Court nominee would work to overturn Roe v. Wade and defund Planned Parenthood.

“The court has been very progressive in things that it hasn’t had to,” Baker said.

“The court has forced my children to grow up in a society where marriage has been redefined, which in my opinion, is not their job.”

Rosemary Battle, the president of Students for Life at Michigan State University, said that she hoped to see abortion become separate from religion.

“I hope that the next Supreme Court Justice realizes that this isn’t just a religious issue, that it is definitely a science issue,” Battle said. “Being pro-life means you have realized that it is an individual that is conceived. It’s not just part of the woman, it’s actually its own being.”

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The Georgetown Solidarity Committee staged a sit-in in University President John J. DeGioia’s suite of offices Dec. 8 and 9 to protest the university’s contract with Nike.

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The university has recruited third-party mediator Don Edwards, Justice and Sustainability Associates’ CEO, to assist in the negotiations between Georgetown and Nike regarding the university’s licensing contract, which expired Dec. 31.

Georgetown let the licensing contract expire following the 35-hour sit-in of President John J. DeGioia’s suite of offices staged by members of workers’ rights group the Georgetown Solidarity Committee on Dec. 8 and 9.

At the conclusion of the sit-in, the university’s administration agreed not to renew the contract with Nike unless the company commits to allowing full, independent access to the Worker Rights Consortium, Georgetown’s preferred independent factory monitoring organization.

According to the agreement, Nike either has to sign Georgetown’s Code of Conduct for University Licensees or establish its own code of conduct on par with the university code’s standards.

GSC member Lily Ryan (COL ’18), who participated in the sit-in, said that the university should be congratulated for not renewing the contract, but they should not have continued the negotiations or hired Edwards given the real impact Nike’s labor practices have on people who work in its factories worldwide.

Ryan also sits on the Licensing Oversight Committee, which advises the university on its licensing contracts.

“The fact that they decided they needed to bring in a mediator is very telling,” Ryan said. “To me it’s another tactic to stall the conversations, redirect GSC members, redirect LOC members who are really concerned about this and see this as an urgent problem.”

Georgetown’s Senior Director of Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh said the university explored non-profit mediation to help with the negotiations process when the contract expired. The university’s

athletic sponsorship with Nike remains and is separate from the licensing contract.

According to Pugh, Edwards met with the LOC last week to better understand the members’ goals.

She also said the university believes the mediator should help ensure that an agreement is reached that both secures timely, independent access for the WRC and upholds the university’s code of conduct.

“There’d been no progress made, and we felt that it was our duty to do something.”

LILY RYAN (COL ’18) Member, Georgetown Solidarity Committee

“Georgetown believes that principled and practical engagement is the best way to ensure the safety, welfare and rights of workers around the globe,” Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya. “Georgetown is positioned to champion human dignity and is committed to seeking solutions that provide meaningful results in the lives and communities of workers.”

Ryan said the meeting offered no new information in terms of a timeline for the negotiations with Nike going forward or stated if there is a point at which the university will abandon its efforts to reach an agreement.

“From the mediator they brought in, he was kind of like, ‘We’re going to do this until we find a consensus or determine that there is no way forward,’” Ryan said. “To me, that could be infinitely long and the university has been negotiating with Nike for over a year, so I’m not sure what they’re expecting to change.”

According to international business diplomacy professor John Kline, who is also a member of the LOC, hiring a mediator will further prolong nego-

tiations that have already lasted longer than a year.

“The appalling failure of Nike audits to recognize widespread worker abuse at Vietnam’s Hansae factory, its attempt to dismiss worker protests as a ‘misunderstanding’ and its stonewalling of WRC factory access for a year while abuses continued should disqualify Nike as a Georgetown corporate partner rather than gain it more exceptional treatment,” Kline wrote in an email to The Hoya.

While the university continues its negotiations with Nike using the mediator, the members of GSC who continued the sit-in overnight await the results of their conduct hearing.

On the first day of the sit-in, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson signed a letter that eight students received, outlining that the students violated the university’s Code of Student Conduct in failing to comply with instructions to vacate private property.

The students met with Dean of Students Jeanne Lord on Jan. 18 and Jan. 19, where they defended their actions but did not deny them.

“There’d been no progress made, and we felt that it was our duty to do something,” Ryan said. “To us, the code of conduct is a living document and not every situation will fit nicely and neatly into every box of every charge.”

A day before the hearings began, the eight students filed a complaint to the Speech and Expression Committee. The complaint states that any disciplinary action against the students in reaction to the sit-in would be a violation of their freedom of expression.

“It was our responsibility to do this, and we think it would be unjust to impose any sanctions, particularly given the whole thing is about a code of conduct and it’s so interesting that Georgetown is so excited to enforce this code of conduct and not the labor code of conduct,” Ryan said. “That’s just a nice irony that we all are mindful of.”

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Rallies have surfaced at Washington, D.C. area airports in protest of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order that bans entry into the United States for citizens hailing from seven Muslim-majority countries.

The order, titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” prohibits individuals from entering the United States from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days, and bans individuals entering the nation from Syria indefinitely.

Although the Department of Homeland Security initially said the order included banning those holding a valid visa or green card, they rescinded that statement and said that by Sunday evening, 392 green card holders received waivers to enter the country.

Protests at Washington Dulles International Airport began Saturday evening and were arranged by an organization aiming to involve white Americans in racial justice causes, Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Chanting demonstrators at Dulles offered travelers arriving from foreign

countries food, directions and other resources. The demonstrators were joined by teams of lawyers, waiting to assist travelers in need, and even Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).

SURJ Organizer Cayce Utley said the rally was important to the organization because of the fear they had seen among the Muslim community since the ban was implemented.

“I am a human being with compassion and respect for my fellow people.”

ANIQA RAIHAN Student, George Washington University

“We spoke with some of our colleagues who are already working on this from a Muslim-led point of view, and we discussed with them whether or not it would be helpful to mobilize over the weekend at Dulles,” Utley said.

“There’s been legal support and a greeting squad greeting people who are coming off of the international flights. We’re just trying to offer moral support in any way we can.”

Aniqa Raihan, a senior at the George Washington University, is planning a

continuation of the protests at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday. She emphasized the personal importance of continued protests, as she is the child of Muslim immigrants to the U.S. “I am a human being with compassion and respect for my fellow people,” Raihan said. “I believe in the rights of refugees and in the dignity and value of immigrants.

It has always been important to fight for the rights of people who aren’t yourself or your family, but it is especially important now as fear tests our collective commitment to justice.”

However, some feel that the protests are an extreme reaction to Trump’s order. Jared Horne (COL ’19) noted that other presidents have capped refugee admissions to the U.S., but did not receive the public objections that Trump has.

“The fact that multiple presidents in the past have done the same, and they’re yelling that he’s a racist for it? They’re hating Trump just to hate Trump,” Horne said. “They don’t look at what’s happened in the past. They’re just creating more of a diverge between Republicans and Democrats. If it was Obama saying this, I don’t believe that they would be protesting.”

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Georgetown hosted the 2017 Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-organized anti-abortion conference in the United States on Monday.

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The 2017 Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-organized anti-abortion conference in the United States, focused on “working toward a truly prolife politics,” Saturday in Healy and Gaston Halls.

The conference, launched in 2000, has taken place annually at Georgetown in tandem with the Washington, D.C. March for Life. Vice President Mike Pence spoke at this year’s March for Life on Friday, in the first speech by a president or vice president at the rally ever.

The conference is named in honor of Cardinal John O’Connor, who served as Cardinal of New York until his death in 2000. O’Connor earned a doctorate in political science from the School of Foreign Service in 1970.

He dedicated his life primarily to advocacy for the preservation of human life, and he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal shortly before his death.

The event, co-directed by Jeannette Joly (COL ’17) and Michael Khan (COL ’18), was intended to contemplate the basic foundations of the antiabortion stance and to examine the consequences of political engagement in issues of life and choice at both national and international levels.

Held a day after the march instead of its usual scheduling beforehand, the conference included several speakers, a panel discussion, three breakout sessions, the presentation of an award named after former Georgetown theology professor Thomas King, S.J. and a concluding Mass.

Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of anti-forced abortion group Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, offered this year’s keynote address.

In a panel discussion during the conference, John Carr, director of the Georgetown

University Catholic Social Thought Initiative, said the anti-abortion movement must continue to build on the legacy it has established.

“We have a lot to be proud of. For 45 years, we have kept this cause alive in the face of the elites of every continent telling us it was over. But we’re not where we want to be. And we need to do a better job,” Carr said.

During the panel discussion, Carr said it is important young people remain involved in the anti-abortion rights movement.

“We are committed to the free expression of ideas, even if they may disagree with our own.”

MyLAN METzger (COL ’19) Vice President, GU Right to Life

“You must be really tired of old people telling you how great it is to have young people in the pro-life movement, leading it — always, the best part of the March for Life,” Carr said.

GU Right to Life Vice President MyLan Metzger (COL ’19), who served as co-director of outreach for the conference, said the conference aligns with Georgetown’s Jesuit values.

“The Conference is important because it promotes intellectual discussion about a variety of topics dealing with human life,” Metzger wrote in an email to The Hoya. “I think the Conference is a perfect reflection of Georgetown’s Jesuit values, including its striving for academic excellence, and faith and justice.”

The conference attracted a protest from H*yas for Choice, Georgetown’s unrecognized

pro-abortion rights student group.

The group protested each stage of the conference, according to H*yas for Choice CoPresidents Emily Stephens (SFS ’17) and Brinna Ludwig (NHS ’17). The group tabled outside the front gates all day and chanted throughout the day.

The group also published blog posts the week before the conference explaining its rationale for protesting.

H*yas for Choice member Kory Stuer (COL ’19) said the conference represents regressive values.

“We feel that this conference is just an inexcusable affront to the Georgetown community, because it represents a kind of hatred and bigotry in a lot of different ways, and a lot of just retrogressive values that we don’t feel really belong on this campus,” Stuer said.

Stuer said that, in spite of the objections to the conference taken by H*yas for Choice, he and other proabortion rights students have made attempts at dialogue and direct engagement with anti-abortion rights students.

“We’re willing to approach dialogue and approach working together, but we haven’t really seen any signs that that’s coming from a place of good faith,” Stuer said. “We’re not interested in political gestures; we’re interested in things that mean something.”

Metzger said GU Right to Life is also committed to engaging in dialogue with groups with differing opinions.

“We are committed to the free expression of ideas, even if they may disagree with our own,” Metzger wrote.

“For this reason, the Conference reserved Copley Lawn for anyone who wanted to express their criticism of the Conference.

However, we would have loved to have critics ask questions at our panel and breakout sessions, rather than chant about how ‘Right to Life has got to go outside.’”

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University Assesses Implications of Immigration Ban BAN, from A1 Professor Charles King, who is the chair of the government department, said in an email Sunday obtained by The Hoya forwarding Hellman’s email to government department faculty that the department will work to support all students and faculty affected by the order.

“The idea of a wholesale ban on travel from particular countries, as well as the specific association of national security and a cultural-religious category -— implicit in the executive order, explicit in the public rhetoric — are inimical to the professed values of this university,” King wrote. “We will continue to support and protect all members of our community, regardless of their status.”

The Georgetown University Student Association senate unanimously passed a resolution Sunday expressing solidarity with Muslim students and refugees.

“We condemn the Executive Order on refugees and travel from Muslimmajority countries issued

by President Trump on January 27th,” the resolution reads. “We urge the University to provide all necessary resources to support any Georgetown University community member who is affected adversely by this Order.”

In a statement posted to the group’s Facebook page, the Georgetown University College Republicans Executive Board denounced the order.

“Although we understand the grave threats that our country faces from radical Islamist terrorism, we do not believe that security should trump

humanity.” the statement reads. “Our Board believes that this policy will debilitate our international credibility and will isolate pivotal allies who are crucial to the war on terror.”

The Georgetown University College Democrats later shared the College Republicans’ Facebook post, writing in a post that the group was “so proud” to be working alongside them.

“We will continue to support and protect all members of our community, regardless of their status.”

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“Trump’s recent executive actions on immigration and refugee asylum are not issues of partisanship — these actions constitute grave violations of our country’s founding principles and encapsulate the cruel effects on a government whose policies are guided by fear, power and bigotry,” the statement reads.

After hundreds of refugees and others flying to the United States were detained at airports across the country over the weekend, protests and legal action have emerged in cities and airports nationwide.

The Trump administration has held firm on the order, although the seven-nation entry ban was walked back Sunday after significant backlash to no longer include legal permanent residents.

In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Trump said the order is necessary to protect American citizens.

“America is a proud nation of immigrants and we will continue to show compassion to those fleeing oppression, but we will do so while protecting our own citizens and border.

America has always been the land of the free and home of the brave,” the statement reads.

Research professor Elizabeth Ferris, who is also a senior fellow at the thinktank Brookings Institution and has written about refugees, said the order is misguided, as refugees are not a security threat and current vetting procedures are already strong.

“There is this misguided notion that refugees are somehow terrorists or linked to terrorists, and yet the reality is that these are people who are fleeing violence,” Ferris said.

“They’re not a threat. The vetting procedures that have been put into place the last couple years are extreme. We’ve protested for a year that they’re too much, that the delays are too long.”

Government professor Andrew Bennett, who specializes in American foreign policy, said he is concerned about the impacts the order will have on the United States’ standing in the world.

“I share the concern of foreign policy professionals and terrorism experts in both parties,” Bennett wrote in an email to The Hoya. “President Trump’s hasty executive order on immigration, and the haphazard decision process behind it, are damaging to American interests and the fight against terrorism.”

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Demonstrators gathered outside the White House on Sunday to express their disagreement with President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.

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take a break from the fast pace news cycle of every day … and really reflect a little bit on what’s happened and what is happening, and try to make sense of what is happening in the world and get a broader perspective from the people around this table, as well as the students, in terms of what the dialogue is going to look like.

You all mentioned you wanted to learn from the students.

What do you have planned during the year to try and incorporate that process?

Palmer: From my perspective, the way I plan on setting up the lectures and the discussion groups is as less of a lecture and more of a really interactive thing.

Psaki: The focus of my discussion group is social media — the good, the bad and the unknown. There’s no question that students at Georgetown probably have a perception on this, in terms of what tools should government campaigns be using, what isn’t working, how to reach people with all the range of platforms out there.

We are also going to spend a fair amount of time talking about the dangers the use of propaganda.

Sayegh: My discussion group

looks at the entire event of the 2016 campaign and tries to in a retrospective way understand what happened, and the short-term and long-term implications.

“For Trump, Twitter is the new bully pulpit. He doesn’t feel he needs the traditional media to get his message across to his supporters.””

ANNA PALMER Senior Correspondent, POLITICO

It is great to bring in practitioners from both sides because this is a conversation which is happening among all the people in our world — whether it’s the policy or the media or the politics world or campaign world.

Marshall: My discussion is on organizing and social justice, looking at how the public’s voice in coming together around certain social justice issues throughout the history of our country has really pushed those issues forward.

With regard to this recent campaign season, what were your thoughts about the how communications have

changed during this campaign and what we have seen in these past two weeks with the White House communications team?

Psaki: What we saw through the campaign – one of the opportunities in social media and the expansion of platforms – is that there are a lot of new ways to reach people, and clearly the Trump campaign and Donald Trump took advantage of that and spoke directly to the American people.

Palmer: We’ve seen that for Trump, Twitter is the new bully pulpit. He doesn’t feel he needs the traditional media to get his message across to his supporters.

We’re at a point where the media is really in a period of a new development in terms of how they’re going to handle this White House and how they’re going to handle facts and fiction and lies. It’s going to be a process that’s going to develop, and there’s going to be some speedbumps along the way.

Sayegh: No matter what tactical tools or communication tools you have, if you’re not winning the argument, it’s very hard to win the election.

It all goes back to the candidate and the message and people’s belief in the message and the person obviously selling it.

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To a large degree, and why you’re seeing alternative communications coming out of this White House as far as the president’s own Twitter handle and expanding the pool that covers the president.

That’s actually a major discussion we’re going to be having — the long-term impact on journalism. Are we entering a new world where it’s not just about objective journalism anymore?

I do think you have a president who very much believes it’s his job to communicate to the American people directly.

Going forward, do you think President Trump’s campaign and White House strategy of direct communication will result in a permanent change to the U.S. political climate, or do you think this will be unique to Trump?

Sayegh: You’ve perfectly encapsulated the theme of my discussion group — I don’t know. I don’t think any of us really know.

The one lesson I’ve learned after nearly 500 campaigns since I was 17 is, when you win, you didn’t do everything right and when you lose, you didn’t do everything wrong.

Psaki: Campaigns are aspirational, that’s true for every candidate who’s ever run for president. You can say lots of things and not back it up with action from Congress with the ability to actually get it done.

Governing is real and it’s harder than people think it is, bringing coalitions together is harder than people think it is, getting laws passed is harder. President Trump promised a lot of things to a lot of people, so now this isn’t about whether your tweets go viral, it’s about whether you deliver on the promises and how that impacts people in the country.

Marshall: I do think you’ll see more people running for office who may not have run before, on both sides. Like, “Okay, I have all these different tools now, I can just put my phone towards trying to get my message out.” Which, I think, is frankly good for democracy that people just say, “I’m just going to jump in and run for city commissioner or mayor or something.”

I think this election on both sides will get more people to get involved in the process.

GUSA, from A1 Ouseph, Isaac Liu (COL ’20) and Charles Hajjar (MSB ’20), GUSA Free Speech Policy Team chair D.J. Angelini (MSB ’17), GUSA Dining and Auxiliary Services Policy Team chair Mark Camilli (COL ’19) and Dylan Hughes (COL ’19), who is unaffiliated with GUSA. In addition to filing his appeal, Lowder also said the first resolution helps clarify confusion from the referendum campaign.

“We can have official voting stations that are unbiased, nonpartisan and made clear that voting stations by any campaign would not be allowed,” Lowder said.

GUSA Senator Jack Pelose (COL ’19) said at the meeting this resolution addresses many causes of biased electioneering, including limited enforcement of existing rules regarding tabling.

The university’s free speech and expression policy allows tabling only in designated areas, including public squares and certain locations outside of Lauinger Library, Henle Village, Darnall Hall and the Healey Family Student Center.

The second resolution that required for Lowder and Hayes to submit the appeal, however, passed on Sunday with a vote of 14 to two with four abstentions. GUSA president Enushe Khan (MSB ’17) and vice president Chris Fisk (COL ’17) chose not to appeal the Jan. 20 Constitutional Council decision.

According to Lowder, the Constitutional Council will consider the motion this week.

“In terms of the appeal, because the Constitutional Council ruled on an issue that was only brought up on the day of the hearing and not in the original complaint, it’s in the interest of all parties to completely litigate this issue and make sure we have a clear and concrete ruling moving forward,” Lowder said.

Lowder also said at Sunday’s meeting the appeal, entitled a motion for recon-

sideration, is not intended to force another referendum on the restructuring of club funding.

“The larger issue is that looking for past Constitutional Council decisions are very hard to find and there’s not a lot of involvement,” Lowder said.

“A more precise written explanation for why they did what they did would be better for all parties involved.”

“The larger issue is that looking for past Constitutional Council decisions are very hard to find and there’s not a lot of involvement.”

SCOTT Lowder (COL ’17) Senator, GUSA

GUSA Senator Isaac Liu (COL ’20) said he does not believe the Constitutional Council’s decision is worth appealing.

“It’s time to move beyond this issue and accept the Constitutional Council’s rule,” Liu said.

“And I think we should think about what the general student body is going to think if this drags on.”

GUSA Senator Evan Farrara (COL ’19) said the appeal should be allowed as long as the Constitutional Council realizes that it is coming from an individual and not the senate as a whole.

“People are saying that if senator Lowder goes ahead with this appeal he is acting on behalf of the senate and I don’t think that’s true. Since he has as a student the right to appeal, he can do so,” Farrara said. “I don’t think his appeal is valid just because this Constitutional Council has the right to interpret the bylaws as they see fit. But I still think he has the right to appeal.”

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Administration Bridge Courses Offered for Enrichment Joined By 4 Alumni Yasmine salam Hoya Staff Writer

Hannah Urtz and Tara Subramanian Hoya Staff Writers

At least four university alumni are slated to join President Donald Trump’s administration as he continues to assemble his cabinet in the weeks following his Jan. 20 inauguration.

The recently-confirmed Secretary of Homeland Security General John Kelly (GRD ’84), Office of Management and Budget Director-designate Rep. John Mulvaney (R-S.C.) (SFS ’89), Secretary of the Navy-nominee Philip Bilden (SFS ’86) and Robert Lighthizer (CAS ’69 , LAW ’73), who has been nominated to serve as a special trade representative, are all positioned to become part of the Trump administration.

The number of Georgetown-affiliated Trump team members is expected to grow, according to Associate Vice President for Federal Relations Scott Fleming.

“There no doubt will be others as the process moves forward,” Fleming wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Lighthizer is the only undergraduate alum appointed to a cabinet-level position. In a Jan. 3 statement announcing Lighthizer as the pick for special trade representative, Trump said Lighthizer has the experience necessary to handle trade negotiations with other nations.

“Ambassador Lighthizer is going to do an outstanding job representing the United States as we fight for good trade deals that put the American worker first,” Trump said. “He has extensive experience striking agreements that protect some of the most important sectors of our economy, and has repeatedly fought in the private sector to prevent bad deals from hurting Americans.”

Lighthizer’s stance on free trade aligns with that of Trump, who said in the statement he is confident Lighthizer will be successful as USTR. “He will do an amazing job helping turn around the failed trade policies which have robbed so many Americans of prosperity,” Trump said.

The senate has yet to

schedule Lighthizer’s hearing.

Senior Director for Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh said that Georgetown alumni often serve in presidential administrations.

“Georgetown produces dedicated public servants and we’re honored to have a number of alumni serve during each Administration,” Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya.

According to sociology professor William Daddio, this trends have continued to grow over the past two decades.

“In the last 20 years there has been a strong and growing connection between the federal government and Georgetown,” Daddio said. “Georgetown in general, and especially the law school and the School of Foreign Service Master’s in Security Studies, is very influential in preparing people for senior government officials.”

There is also potential for university faculty to begin work with the new president as part of the administration. In a Dec. 14 interview with Jacob Brogan of Slate, government and international relations professor Matthew Kroenig said he would be open to the possibility of working with the Trump administration despite criticizing the President’s foreign policy platform in the past.

In March 2016, Kroenig joined over 100 other Republican policy experts in signing a letter condemning Trump’s foreign policy platform and stating that he would not serve in Trump’s administration on the campaign trail. Kroenig was working on Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) campaign at the time.

“We are all better off if he can get the best possible people around him and so I think me and many of my colleagues who opposed him in the past would be willing to go in and help with policy if we’re welcome,” Kroenig said.

Kroenig declined to comment on whether or not he has been offered a position within the Trump administration at this time.

The university has launched a new series of one-credit classes exclusively for seniors and recent alumni this spring in order to instill practical skills that can ease students’ transition into professional life after graduation.

The series, Bridge Courses, aims to allow students the opportunity to gain professional and personal skills, reflect on their university experiences and engage in discussions about how to lead a meaningful and fulfilling life.

The courses are part of the university’s Designing the Future(s) initiative. The initiative, launched in November 2013, engages the Georgetown community in exploring and experimenting with new methods to deliver higher education.

All Bridge courses are expected to include between 15 and 20 students in order to maintain a seminar and discussion-centered environment for students. Five one-credit classes are offered this spring.

Each class falls under one of two categories: “Personal and Professional Development,” which looks to prepare students for life after Georgetown,

or “Revisiting the Core,” courses that revisit topics covered in earlier courses at Georgetown.

The courses will also be offered online to allow recentlygraduated students to participate.

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs and School of Foreign Service professor Daniel Byman said the courses can offer more individualized benefits for students than traditional courses.

“So the hope is that they can apply it to new areas and can think about current issues that are of interest to them, so it can be more individualized in a way that they find helpful,” Byman said.

According to Byman, it is important to actively diversify traditional three-credit courses in order to offer students more learning opportunities.

“Learning doesn’t have to take place in a traditional, twice-a-week, 14 weeks-a-year three-credit class,” Byman said.

Byman is currently teaching a one-credit class in the School of Foreign Service on “Foreign Policy Under Trump,” which has four sections in order to accommodate all cohorts.

The lessons offered in his one-credit class would not be possible within a traditional

three-credit structured class, according to Byman.

“Frankly, I don’t think it would be appropriate for a three-credit class, as you can guess, we don’t know enough about Trump’s foreign policy one way or another to do this,” Byman said. “For a one-credit class it’s perfectly reasonable to say we can learn a lot by trying to explore the different directions that Trump might go in because it enables us to try on different topics.”

The classes are not all taught

by Georgetown professors.

“Life Negotiations,” a class that falls under personal and professional development, will be taught by Andrew Caffey, an attorney at Caffey Law Firm.

Caffey emphasized the significance of the practical nature of his course for graduating students.

“The role of my course, ‘Life Negotiations,’ is that it’s trying to be very practical. It’s a practical skillset that graduating seniors I hope, and am pretty confident, will be able to use for the rest of their lives,” Caffey said.

Associate Professor and Chair of the Theology department, Terrence Reynolds, is also teaching a Bridge course titled, “Freud and the Good Life Revisited.” The course is

an interdisciplinary class that focuses on core life questions, according to Reynolds.

“It relies upon elements of psychology, sociology, philosophy, theology and history, with a strong ethical component as well,” Reynolds said.

“It is designed for all students who wish to engage in a rich conversation about what, in their view, constitutes a good, fulfilled, human life. Freud’s pessimism about our prospects for happiness is largely a jumping-off point.”

Reynolds stated his aim for the course is for students to think about the purpose of their lives.

“My only goals for the course are that students grapple imaginatively and existentially with the authors we read and draw their own conclusions about the struggles and purposes of their lives,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds stressed the need for Bridge courses to complete students’ undergraduate experience.

“Some seniors might appreciate a one-credit opportunity to reconsider some materials they had encountered earlier in their academic careers at Georgetown,” Reynolds said.

“Or that they wish they’d had the opportunity to explore.”

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Part of the university’s Designing the Future(s) initiative, Bridge Courses will offer seniors and recent alumni training in professional and personal skills to ease students’ transitions from an academic setting into their professional lives.

GOP Intervenes in District Legislation Metro To Absorb Inauguration Costs

Marina Pitofsky Hoya Staff Writer

Republicans in Congress this week have taken a step forward in overturning Washington, D.C., legislation regarding abortion and physician-assisted suicide.

On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 238-183 in favor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which officially prohibits the use of all federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortion services nationwide. The act also prohibits local D.C. tax dollars from funding abortion services, except in the case of sexual assault, incest or endangerment to the life of the mother.

Four Republicans and seven Democrats abstained from voting. Those who voted in favor of the bill included three Democrats. No Republicans voted against the legislation.

Encouraged by President Donald Trump’s anti-abor-

tion stance, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) reintroduced the bill Jan. 1, having introduced it in both 2013 and 2015. Smith said the bill is part of an ongoing effort to reverse the legalization of abortion across the nation.

“Someday, future generations of Americans will look back and wonder how and why such a seemingly smart and enlightened society could have permitted over 60 million children to be exterminated by abortion, often with government enabling and subsidy,” Smith said when introducing the legislation on the Senate floor.

After D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed the District’s Death with Dignity Act on Dec. 19 and submitted it for Congressional review on Jan. 6, Republicans in Congress began efforts to dismantle it.

The act allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients with fewer than six months to live,

under the condition that patients make two verbal requests for the treatment, separated by at least 15 days, to a physician and submit a written request at least 48 hours before the medication is dispensed. There must also be at least two witnesses to the written request who can attest that the patient is acting voluntarily and not being pressured to sign the form.

On Jan. 12, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Texas) introduced a resolution of disapproval to overturn the act. Wenstrum said he proposed the resolution as a protective measure for the sanctity and dignity of human life, as well as a method of ensuring federal tax dollars will not fund physicianassisted suicide.

“America must be a nation that supports and cherishes human life, no matter the age, ethnicity or health of that life,” Lankford wrote in a press release. “Washington, D.C.’s assisted suicide bill would erode our culture’s respect for life,

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Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced legislation to overturn District funding for abortion services and a measure that legalizes assisted suicide.

and possibly lead to the mistreatment and exploitation of the disabled and most vulnerable among us.”

Senator James Lankford (ROkla.) proposed similar legislation in the Senate.

Though congressional leaders rarely block District legislation, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (RUtah) also said he would use his authority as the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to prevent the Death with Dignity Act from reaching the floor of the House for debate.

D.C.’s nonvoting Congressional delegate Representative Eleanor Norton Holmes (DD.C.) condemned the actions of congressional Republicans on Thursday, stating that they were violating the Home Rule Act of 1973, which grants District officials the liberty to govern over local affairs.

“It is truly remarkable that instead of using the Committee’s time to conduct appropriate oversight on federal matters, including the new administration, Republicans have chosen to abuse the Committee’s authority over the District of Columbia and meddle with our city’s purely local affairs,” Norton wrote in a press release.

Georgetown University Right to Life President Amelia Irvine (COL ’19) said Right to Life stands with congressional leaders in their efforts to block abortion subsidies and physician-assisted suicide, citing a Marist College poll that found 61 percent of Americans oppose tax dollars being used to pay for abortions.

“We also applaud efforts by members of Congress to reverse the controversial D.C. legislation that legalized assisted suicide last year,” Irvine wrote in an email to The Hoya.

“We believe that Congress is acting within its rights to defend life however it can in the District of Columbia.”

Christian paz Hoya Staff Writer

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority leadership expressed concerns this week that, despite facilitating over one million rides during the inauguration weekend, the financial costs of increasing services and extending hours negatively impacted the organization’s budget.

At a meeting with reporters Thursday, WMATA General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said the Metro staff is still calculating Metro’s total expenditure on additional services during Friday’s inauguration and Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington; however, he expects the costs of handling and assisting the record crowds from the march to exceed the revenue brought in from additional rides.

WMATA has increased its rail service hours three times during the past week since the inauguration, including Jan. 20 for President Donald Trump’s swearing-in, Jan. 21 for the Women’s March and Jan. 27 for the annual March for Life.

The rail system recorded 1,001,616 rides Jan. 21, the second-busiest day in Metro’s history. The system recorded 570,557 trips the day before.

Despite these numbers, officials say they are concerned the rail system failed to profit due to the costs of payment for extra staff put in place to assist crowds.

D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), who is the chairman of the council’s Metro board, said at a board meeting Thursday despite Metro’s efficient performance over the 48 hours, the agency is not receiving a reimbursement from the federal government for the additional services it provided.

“We had a million people riding the system. We probably spent more on operating the system than the additional revenue we took in. So, we lose money,” Evans said. “That’s something we just have to absorb.”

Evans said Metro’s performance during the time period improved the agency’s standing and credibility, a long-term benefit, especially as Congress begins work on a federal infrastructure package which may include further investments in WMATA.

“We probably spent more on operating the system than the additional revenue we took in. So, we lose money.”

Jack Evans Councilmember (D-Ward 2)

Riders have praised Metro’s performance during the 48hour period. Georgetown professor Marilyn McMorrow said in a Washington Post letter to the editor that though the system was full on Saturday, Metro employees were considerate and helpful.

“Metro did a splendid job with such packed cars and platforms. Metro officials were everywhere and so helpful,” McMorrow wrote. “I tried to thank every Metro official I saw. I know times have been bad. But Saturday, Metro did more than get ‘back to good.’

Saturday, I think, Metro was at its finest.”

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

Men Split Weekend Series Serena, Venus Defy Odds EVAN MORGAN Hoya Staff Writer

Back in action for the first time since early November, the Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams kicked off their spring seasons on the right foot, sweeping the Drexel University men’s and women’s teams on Friday.

The female Hoyas (1-0 Big East) dominated their Dragon counterparts (3-1, CAA) by a score of 7-0, as a complete sweep of the singles matches netted the Hoyas six points. The squad’s upperclassmen set the tone for the impressive display, as senior Victoire Saperstein prevailed in straight sets 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 1 match, while junior Sara Swift earned a hardfought three-set victory in the No. 2 match 3-6, 7-5 and 10-7.

“I think that we played loose, confident, extremely competitive tennis,” Georgetown Head Coach Gordie Ernst said of his women’s team. “Those were the three things: we were loose, we were confident, and we were very competitive. It’s almost like the perfect storm.”

Georgetown also enjoyed triumphant performances from underclassman in the singles competitions, which included a duo of 6-1, 6-3 victories from sophomores Risa Nakagawa and Sydney Goodson in the No. 3 and No. 4 matches, respectively. Sophomore Cecilia Lynham and junior transfer Drew Spinosa rounded out the singles matches with a pair of victories.

Spinosa, who made her debut on Friday, comes to Georgetown having been University of San Diego’s winningest player with 11 wins last season.

“Drew Spinosa was fabu-

lous,” Ernst said. There was no nerves, no tightness, and that’s the thing about this team— they’re such a strong competitive group that they feed off each other. And that’s the great thing about them —they’re so close, they’re a tight-knit group — and the best thing about them is that they make each other better every day in practice because they push each other. Drew thrives on that because she is a natural competitor.”

In addition to her successful singles debut, Spinosa contributed to the Blue and Gray’s doubles victory. The doubles competition, a best of three, one set event, is where Georgetown earned its seventh and final point to secure the shutout. The duo of Goodson and Swift prevailed 6-2, while Spinosa and Lynham downed their Drexel opponents by the same tally.

The Georgetown men’s team (1-1 Big East) competed twice this weekend, completing the sweep of Drexel (3-1, CAA) with a 5-2 triumph on Friday, followed by a 6-1 defeat at the hands of the University of Pennsylvania (2-1 Ivy League).

Inauspiciously opening the match against the Dragons, the Blue and Gray fell in doubles competition 2-1; the underclassmen combination of sophomore Michael Chen and freshman Ian Witmer earned the Hoya’s sole victory, prevailing 6-2.

Following this defeat, the Hoyas rebounded in the singles competition, taking five out of six individual events to claim the match. Although No. 1 Marco Lam fell to his opponent in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, the Blue and Gray rallied to overcome these initial defi-

cits to the tune of five straight single victories. No. 2 junior Peter Beatty and No. 3 Chen highlighted the comeback effort, earning decisive wins of 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-4, respectively.

While Beatty and Chen cruised through both sets, senior Yannik Mahlangu and Witmer grinded their way through tiebreakers and third sets to a pair of wins. Mahlangu battled during a second-set tiebreaker to prevail in two trying sets, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), while Witmer overcame a first-set defeat to win 3-6, 6-2, 10-7.

After a short rest, the men’s team took to the court the following day at the Hecht Center in Philadelphia to battle the University of Pennsylvania Quakers. After losing the trio of doubles matches, the Hoyas looked to employ the same strategy that worked against Drexel: singles play.

Georgetown failed to capture the previous day’s success, however, as junior Mac Rechan’s three-set 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 victory represented the Hoyas’ solitary point on the day. Other strong efforts included a three-set defeat from Mahlangu in No. 5 singles, 6-4, 3-6, 10-3.

“Especially on the guy’s side this year, we’re going to have to win doubles points to beat good teams,” Ernst said. “To beat a pretty good team on the guys side, we’re going to have to win doubles points. So, we’re going to have to keep getting better—and it is better—don’t get me wrong, but we’re going to have to keep getting better.”

Both teams will be back in action next weekend, as the men head to Chestnut Hill, Mass., to battle Boston College, while the women will face Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

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n Sunday, Serena Williams bested her sister Venus to capture a record 23rd Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The sisters stand out in the tennis world not only for their athletic prowess, but also for their phenomenal success in a predominantly white sport.

Mike Wise of “The Undefeated” compared the sisters’ odds of competing in the final of the Australian Open to that of Leicester City winning the English Premier League title. As one may recall, the latter had a 5000-to-1 odds. The Williams sisters — born and raised in gang-ridden Compton — were fighting much greater odds.

With this in mind, the sport of tennis is still relatively homogenous and hard to break into as a person of color. Granted, five of the six American women who reached a Grand Slam semifinal this past year were African-American, and there are several young black hopefuls on the men’s side.

In terms of grassroots participation, however, the numbers are not so positive. According to a Tennis Industry Association survey published in 2016, the nation’s overall participation grew slightly in 2015 from the previous year and Hispanic participation jumped 12.2 percent, but the number of AfricanAmerican players decreased by almost 2 percent.

Part of the reason why tennis remains less popular among people of color is its sheer cost. There are many free or nearly free beginner programs throughout the country, but once private instruction is needed, prices can be upward of $50 per hour. Even with discounted programs avail-

able at places like the Venus and Serena Williams Tutorial Tennis Academy, tennis still remains a relatively expensive sport.

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A white adolescent is twice as likely to pursue the sport as an African American or Latino.

As XS Tennis founder Kamau Murray says in an article on “The Undefeated”, “you can play basketball for a year for the price of what it takes to play tennis for two months.” Such a relative expense inevitably makes tennis a less popular pursuit among lowerincome families.

If a young person does want to break into tennis’s top national rankings, expenses can exceed $100,000 a year, according to Bob Davis of blacktennishistory.com. In 2014, the median income of white households was $71,300 while that of African Americans was $43,300. This disparity can partly explain why a white adolescent is twice as likely to pursue the sport as an African American or Latino, a statistic quoted in the novel “Child’s Play: Sports in Kids’ Worlds.”

There is a silver lining, however, as the current president of United Stated Tennis Association President is an African-American woman seeking to

diversify tennis. Katrina Adams, a former professional tennis player who did not personally experience bigotry in cosmopolitan Chicago, knows that tennis does not reflect the country’s population. It is urgent, therefore, to “make tennis look like America.”

She also cites the educational aspect of the sport, as there is a college marketability that comes with tennis. There are about 8,000 NCAA tennis scholarships available throughout the country, and although over a third go to foreign players, the sport itself is associated with socioeconomic success in the African-American community.

As opposed to team sports like football and basketball — which does draw upon a disproportionate number of black athletes — tennis has a longevity and status associated with a typically more educated and affluent crowd.

This combination of factors shows that tennis can open many doors to those who have the means to play it. The USTA generates about $20 million in revenue each year, and a portion of it funds elite player development. The money is spread thinly, however, and the association cannot do the work alone.

It is up to former elite athletes like Zina Garrison, who runs a tennis academy in Houston, to help contribute to grassroots growth in the sport. This, along with the diversity existent on the USTA board — five women, two African Americans, two Asian Americans, two Hispanics and six Caucasians — hopefully leads to more varied and equalopportunity ventures into tennis nationwide.

Sinead Schenk is a senior in the College. A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD appears every other Tuesday.

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

Liverpool Season Wasted T COURTESY GUHOYAS

Junior Sara Swift defeated her No. 2 Drexel counterpart in three sets. The men’s and women’s tennis teams both earned victories over the Dragons.

THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT

Kansas Climbs Rankings JACKSON AND JAYHAWKS BOUNCE BACK Just four days after losing to then-No. 18 West Virginia (17-4, 5-3 Big 12), No. 3 Kansas (19-2, 7-1 Big 12) bounced back in a big way by beating then-No. 4 Kentucky (17-4, 7-1 SEC) on its own court 79-73.

Thanks to the efforts of four double-digit scorers — with freshman standout Josh Jackson contributing 20 points and 10 rebounds, including the game-sealing layup with 1:07 left — the Jayhawks avoided their first losing streak of the season.

Senior Frank Mason III added 21 points on 9-of18 shooting, but the real story here is Jackson’s sudden emergence from behind the arc.

Not known as a shooter, Jackson started the season shooting 23.7 percent on 38 three-point attempts, but has since sunk eight of his last 14 attempts from downtown, becoming nearly unstoppable offensively. Kansas hopes his hot streak can help it finish the season strong and prepare for a deep run in March. Kansas’ next game against No. 2 Baylor (201, 7-1 Big 12) is another chance for Jackson to shine.

SINKING SEMINOLES I could not tell you what has happened to Florida State if I tried. After beginning the season at a blisteringly unexpected 17-1 and beating household names like No. 9 UVA (16-4, 6-2 ACC), No. 21

Duke (16-5, 4-4 ACC) and No. 20 Notre Dame (17-5, 6-3 ACC), No. 15 Florida State (18-4, 6-3 ACC) has lost three of its last four games, all by double digits. This slide includes a 22-point blowout against unranked Georgia Tech (13-8, 5-4 ACC) after scoring 15 points in the first half, an all-time low for the program, thus dropping FSU’s ranking nine spots.

Carter Owen The Seminoles, led by freshman Jonathan Isaac, have been one of the feelgood stories in college basketball up until this point, as they have struggled to establish much of a reputation in the sport behind their excellent football program. But now, things are taking a turn in the wrong direction. They have averaged 16 fewer points per game in their last three losses — 80 points per game prior compared to 64 points per game in the last three losses — and shot nearly 14 percent worse from the field. The team needs to correct this soon to avoid an extreme tumbling in next week’s rankings and, even worse, a loss of legitimacy.

HAVE THE IRISH RUN OUT OF FIGHT? On a similar note, No. 20 Notre Dame has its own set of problems to worry about: dropping in the rankings. Including their close loss to Florida State on Jan. 18, the Irish have also dropped three of their past four games, recently losing on a buzzer-beating layup to Georgia Tech.

Now 1-4 against ranked opponents, the Irish’s issues trace to their lack of a true superstar.

The team has some of the toughest players in the country, but no one leading the way, and in college basketball, it is nearly impossible to get from where Notre Dame is to the next level without a go-to playmaker.

While there is still a good portion of conference play left, Notre Dame has to approach the next week as an opportunity to recapture its identity. Games against No. 21 Duke and No. 12 North Carolina (19-4, 7-2 ACC) should force the Irish to address these issues in order to stop themselves from falling out of the top 25.

The Fighting Irish’s next matchup against the Seminoles on Feb. 11 could be take place when each of these two teams are desperately scrambling for a NCAA tournament bid.

Carter Owen is a freshman in the McDonough School of Business. THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT appears every Tuesday.

here comes a certain point in every season when a team’s title hopes come crashing down, leaving supporters to wistfully think about what could have been. The early--season momentum inexplicably turns to dust, and the team’s lofty championship goals shift to securing a spot in European football competitions.

For Liverpool fans everywhere, that point is now.

The Reds have endured a miserable January, capturing only one win out of a possible eight. The team once sat in second — not far behind league-leading Chelsea — but now find itself in fourth place and a full 10 points back from first.

A yearlong winning record at Anfield was snapped by none other than Swansea — a team that has been fighting to get out of the relegation zone for the entire season.

Coupled with another loss to Bournemouth, it is no wonder that morale is low for the team that beat Manchester City earlier.

Even the dreamer in me must now admit that Liverpool’s chances of winning the title — and ending the painful drought — are now practically impossible. It would take a collapse of epic proportions from the likes of Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal for the Reds to be able to win. While many quickly turn to management as a scapegoat in situations like this one, Liverpool’s manager should not be held fully responsible.

It must be made clear that Jurgen Klopp is still the manager who will restore Liverpool’s glory. A temporary bump in the road is hardly a reason to get rid of the man who has already brought so much hope back into the hearts of the Merseyside faithful.

It is shameful that there are fans who are already calling for his dismissal.

While it is true that this

past month has been difficult — and some of that blame could be laid on Klopp’s squad formations — he is still the right man for the job.

A large reason for the current change in fortunes is the absence of playmaker Sadio Mané, who has been playing in the African Nations Cup for the past month. The goals have simply dried up in his absence, a far cry from the team that was outscoring opponents left and right.

Vanessa Craige Mané is critical of Klopp’s gegenpressing tactics that relies heavily on speed in order to catch teams off-guard on the counterattack.

Mané’s temporary departure, combined with other playmaker Philippe Coutinho’s absence due to injury, has left the speedy duo of Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino looking rather lost.

It has gotten to the point that many are now calling for the disgraced Alberto Moreno to start playing.

While Moreno is a terrible defender, it must be acknowledged that the Spaniard is incredibly fast and could find success in some kind of midfielder role.

For once, Liverpool’s dip in form cannot be blamed on goalkeeping. Since resecuring the starting job, the often-maligned Simon Mignolet has done a brilliant job. While there are still some questionable moments, Mignolet is currently playing some of the best football in his Liverpool career, and it would be ridiculous to replace him with Loris Karius again.

Defensively, there are still far too many moments in a game when the fans are left to ponder what on earth the defenders were thinking. Silly mistakes often prove costly, making it fortunate for Liverpool that Mignolet has improved his play.

James Milner continues to delight in his role as a converted left back, and even center back Dejan Lovren — who many thought would turn out to be yet another Brendan Rodgers flop — has been playing fairly well on the whole.

The Reds have been hampered by confusion surrounding center back Joel Matip’s eligibility, meaning that they have been without the reliable defender for quite some time. Matip’s refusal to play for Cameroon in the African Nations Cup created uncertainty as to whether or not Liverpool could field the player in compliance with FIFA’s rules.

Fortunately for Liverpool, FIFA has given Matip the green light to play, a move that should bolster the defense. But Mané’s absence on the offensive front all but ensures struggles continue for Liverpool.

That is not to say that Liverpool is in danger of not qualifying for European football next season.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all have the exact same number of losses and when compared to Manchester City, Liverpool’s woes pale. In fact, I would be shocked if Liverpool did not finish in the top four because despite its current problems, Liverpool is still a very good team. It is time, though, to admit to ourselves that a top-four finish is the best Klopp’s team can do for now. Here’s to the season that could have been.

Vanessa Craige is a junior in the College. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME appears every Tuesday.

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some players genuinely enjoy entertaining and consider being named an All-Star a great honor, it seems that too many of them do not take it seriously enough for me to get excited about it.

Plenty of hockey players undergo the risk of suspension by claiming injuries that will get them out of going, a phenomenon so middle school that it is almost impossible to take seriously. Just last season, Ovechkin chose the one-game regular season

suspension rather than participate in the All-Star Game festivities.

But the fact that John Tortorella, head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, is skipping the entire weekend to tend to his son’s sick pit bull has some scratching their heads. I am not here to discount the plight of a sick dog; I am saying that if the AllStar Game was an honor like the NHL parades it to be, Tortorella should take it more seriously.

And for me, this shatters the illusion. Hockey that has no effect on standings

or playoff bids, no matter how many gimmicks are added, simply fails to be compelling entertainment. Throw in a few musical guests that look like they were randomly chosen off a 12-year-old’s party playlist — Nick Jonas, Carly Rae Jepsen and Fifth Harmony — and you’ve got yourself an empty weekend of commercialization and lackluster events that hardly jive with the honest hockey culture we all love.

Kyle Parisi is a sophomore in the College. Between the Pipes appears every Tuesday.

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Additionally the men’s distance squad found success in senior Jonathan Green’s fifth place finish in the men’s 3000m invitational in 8:20.26. As for the underclassmen, freshman Kenny Rowe finished second in the men’s 500m dash with a time of 1:04.26, while freshman Jack Salisbury placed second in the men’s

1000m invitational, finishing in 2:25.05.

Bonsey, who oversees the men’s distance team, highlighted Rowe’s performance this weekend.

“Kenny Rowe did a really good job. He hadn’t raced yet all season. [He’s a] talented guy coming out of high school. Him running 1:04 low in his first 500 of the year was really good because that’s an event where

you have to run it three or four times to really pop a good one. I think in a month he could run a second and a half faster. He impressed me quite a bit,” Bonsey said.

The Hoyas compete again Feb. 3 and 4 at the Armory Invitational held at the Armory in New York City. A small part of the team will travel to Boston for the Boston University Scarlet and White Invitational on Feb. 4.

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Junior guard L.J. Peak is Georgetown’s second-leading scorer with 16.3 points per game in addition to 3.4 assists per game.

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up losing 70-69 after sending a Bulldog player to the free-throw line with three seconds left in the overtime period. On Saturday, Creighton blew out DePaul 83-66 in a game where the Blue Demons could not keep up with the Blue Jays.

Junior guard and second leading scorer L.J. Peak guided the Hoyas through their victories last week, averaging 21 points with 5.5 assists and three rebounds in the two-game span. Peak’s performance earned him a selection to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll, the third time Peak has been selected this season.

In addition to Peak, graduate student guard and leading scorer Rodney Pryor finished with 20 and 18 points against Creighton and Butler, respectively.

Pryor’s 18-points-per- game average ranks him fourth in the Big East in scoring.

The Blue Demons rank last in the Big East in offensive production, averaging 69.9 points per game.

Despite having three players averaging above 10 points per game, the Blue Demons lack depth on the bench, limiting their offensive success.

The backcourt of sophomore Eli Cain and senior Billy Garrett Jr. lead the Blue Demon’s offensive efforts. Cain, DePaul’s leading scorer, averages 16.7 points per game along with 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while Garrett dishes out 3.2 assists per game in addition to his 15.1 points per game. However, no other player on the DePaul roster averages more than two assists per game.

DePaul’s offensive inefficiency stems from poor

ball handling and shot selection. Shooting 42.7 percent from the floor, the Blue Demons rank last in the Big East in field goal percentage. Comparably, the Hoyas rank fifth with a 46.5 percent field goal percentage.

As for turnovers, both teams suffer a similar fate.

Georgetown and DePaul average 13.9 turnovers per game, the secondhighest turnover average in the conference. The Hoyas turned the ball over 13 times in both victories last week. However, sophomore center Jessie Govan finished with zero turnovers in Saturday’s victory over the Bulldogs, marking the development in maturity of the young big man.

Tip off is 9 p.m. Tuesday night at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. The game will be broadcasted on Fox Sports 1.

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and seven rebounds, and Petke grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds. Junior guard Dorothy Adomako — normally a reliable scorer averaging 14.3 points per game — struggled with her shots, missing 13 of her first 14, before making a crucial layup on Georgetown’s final possession with 18 seconds left.

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“VillanovaGeorgetown, that game is a big rivalry, so we knew we had to come in and play tough.”

people who did it before us,” Woodard said. “You know, Villanova-Georgetown, that game is a big rivalry, so we knew that we had to come in and play tough and just lock in and do what we had to do in order to get the win.”

The victory marks the Hoyas’ fourth consecutive win in Big East play, as they have climbed out of a 0-4 hole to bring their conference record back to .500 at 5-5.

“It’s been more focused, playing tough, but we gave a lot of games away in the first

half, so we’re just trying to get them back,” White said.

Junior guard DiDi Burton played a crucial role in limiting Villanova sophomore guard Adriana Hahn, the team’s leading scorer, to six points. In comparison, Hahn scored 23 points in the teams’ previous encounter.

“Didi Burton told me that she wanted to guard her,” Adair said. “We talked about the opportunities for Adriana Hahn and her being a phenomenal player in this league. But she was just

wide open [in that game].

The first game, we weren’t communicating on switches, we weren’t communicating on flares, so we kept our point guards on her.”

The Hoyas will have an opportunity to build on their momentum with two home games next weekend. Georgetown hosts Providence (10-11, 2-8 Big East) on Friday at noon before facing Creighton (146, 8-2 Big East) on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games will be played at McDonough Gymnasium.

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Adair said she never hesitated to put the ball in Adomako’s hands despite her uncharacteristically cold shooting performance.

“As a coach, I want the ball in her hands at the end of the game,” Adair said. “And that’s the beauty of our team. We kept encouraging her, and we never want our kids to hang their head.”

The Hoyas avenged a 7150 loss to the Wildcats on Jan. 4, as Adair and her staff emphasized the rivalry between the two schools.

“Adair kept on focusing on what this meant not only for our team but for alumni,

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Sophomore guard Dionna White scored a game-high 21 points against Villanova on Saturday. White leads the team in scoring with 16.2 points per game.

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TENNIS Georgetown men’s and women’s tennis teams swept Drexel in their matches Friday.

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Continuing on the momentum it built at the New York City Gotham Cup, the Georgetown track and field program had another weekend featuring top-10 finishes at the Penn State National Open. The men’s distance medley relay team placed first with a time of 9:33.59 — the 10th-best finish in Georgetown’s history.

“Although the time really wasn’t what we were looking for, we beat Stanford and Middle Tennessee State and Penn State, three of the top programs in the country, so for us to beat them with our team was pretty good,” Assistant track & field coach Brandon Bonsey said.

“It’s four really talented guys who are really fit right now. All four of them executed their race plan really well.”

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Sophomore Spencer Brown ran the first leg of the Distance Medly Relay in a time of 2:55.2, followed by a time of 49.7 seconds by freshman Quincey

Wilson in the 400-meter leg. Junior Joe White ran the third leg in 1:48.1 — vaulting the Hoyas into second place — followed by senior Scott Carpenter running the last 1600 meters in 4:00.3 to secure the firstplace finish.

“We were hoping the race would be a little bit faster. I don’t think that time is going to make the NCAA meet. It’s four really talented guys who are really fit right now. All four of them executed their race plan really well in their legs,” Bonsey said.

Junior Kennedy Weisner claimed second in the women’s mile invitational with a personal best time of 4:39.69, which ranks second in the Big East this season; meanwhile, junior Piper Donaghu finished fifth with a 4:48.04. Graduate student Carey Celata finished third in the women’s 1000m invitational with a time of 2:52.68.

Graduate student Jocelyn Hubbard also finished in third in the women’s 500m dash invitational with a 1:15.06, ranking first in the Big East this season.

Younger runners, freshman Margie Cullen and sophomore Josette Norris finished second and third in the women’s mile, running a 4:51.43 and 4:53.27, respectively.

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Junior forward Cynthia Petke finished with four points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds in Saturday’s win over Villanova. The win marked the team’s third consecutive conference victory.

Hoyas Overcome Wildcats at Home TYLER PARK

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With under three minutes remaining and her team up three points, sophomore guard Dionna White sized up her defender as junior forward Cynthia Petke came to set a screen. As Petke set the screen, White faked left before crossing over to the right, flashing past her defender who completely spun around in White’s wake.

With the crowd buzzing, White absorbed contact under the hoop and spun the ball off the bottom of the backboard. The ball sat on the rim for a split second before dropping into the net. The crowd roared, and the Georgetown women’s basketball team (13-7, 5-5 Big East) was on its way to a 54-49 win over Big East rival Villanova (11-10, 6-4 Big East).

White led the Hoyas with a game-high 21 points, capitalizing on Head Coach

Natasha Adair’s game plan to open up the offense to create driving lines for her star guard.

“We just noticed in the last game to this game, [driving lanes were] open,” Adair said. “And so that was the game plan coming in; we worked on certain sets, we kind of adjusted some of our plays to create those openings for her.

And we just told her, take what they give you and go all the way. And she did that beautifully tonight.”

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The game featured eight lead changes throughout the four quarters. Villanova led for 18 minutes and Georgetown for 17, with five minutes of a tied score, as neither team could pull away from its opponent.

Junior guard Alex Louin led the Wildcats with 11 points and junior forward Jannah Tucker added 10 more.

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GU Looks to Continue Winning Ways SEAN HOFFMAN Hoya Staff Writer

Last Tuesday, the Georgetown men’s basketball team found itself tied for last place in the Big East standings with its season covered in disappointment. However, after consecutive conference wins against ranked opponents, the Hoyas are in position to rebound from their slow start in conference play.

After beating then-No. 16 Creighton (19-3, 6-3 Big East) at home, Georgetown (12-10, 3-6 Big East) travelled to face off against then-No. 11 Butler (18-4, 7-3 Big East). Defeating Butler was no easy feat for Georgetown, as the Bulldogs entered the game with a perfect home record. However, in both games, the Hoyas escaped with upset victories and have strung together two straight conference victories for the first time since January of 2016.

The DePaul Blue Demons (8-13, 1-7 Big East) is the one team Georgetown has found consistent success against since the Big East realignment in the 2013-14 season. Since 2013-14, the Hoyas are 5-1 against the Blue Demons, a team that has only won a combined 14 Big East games since the 2013-14 remapping.

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All-Star Game Lacks Importance

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Sophomore center Jessie Govan averages 9.7 points per game while grabbing 5.1 rebounds per game. Govan scored 20 points in Saturday’s victory over Butler.

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elcome to the NHL All-Star break — a contentious point of discussion for hockey fans. Some fans love the opportunity for the best of the NHL to show off its skills, while others loathe the absence of true hockey games, as well as the apathy of the players and coaches who participate in the event. Personally, I agree with the latter opinion, but since we are all just waiting around until the heated last leg of the playoff race begins, let us debate.

Proponents of the AllStar break argue that though unnecessary, the break provides some relaxation for players and coaches before the crazed scramble for playoff spots.

Events like the skills competition bestow players with a rare opportunity to cut loose and show off their personalities in a different way than they can in regular season play.

The camera panning to Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin getting along and joking around, while a nightmare to some, can only be facilitated by something as foolish as

an All-Star game. It is fun to watch the players we idolize act human for a change. Whether that is confirming that Connor McDavid is good at skating fast, or that Shea Weber can still slap the puck really hard, it is good fun.

The “celebrity shootout” sounds like a click-bait headline more than anything else.

However, there are some people — myself included — who are a tad jaded about the whole event. And perhaps it is just because I did not have a Capitals game to look forward to this entire weekend. But, for me, it is difficult to see the AllStar game as anything other than a contrived money grab by the NHL. The “celebrity shootout” sounds like a clickbait headline more than anything else, and though See PARISI, A9